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Qualm

noun
/kwɑːm/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
2.nounA sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
3.nounA prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.)
"This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law."
4.nounMortality; plague; pestilence.
5.nounA calamity or disaster.
6.verbTo have a sickly feeling.

Synonyms

compunctionmisgivingscrupleuneaseuneasinesssqueamishnessqueasinessquailingsweamshudderthrillquavering

Rhymes With

calmglaumaplombbalmbecalmpalmtompsalm
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